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Pumpkin Cookies
Do you have a recipe for really good pumpkin cookies?
--Brooke
Hi Brooke!
Well, folks certainly have pumpkin recipes on their minds these days! I’ve got a terrific recipe for Spiced Pumpkin Cookies (with butterscotch chips--yum!). I’ll try and get the recipe and picture up on the site shortly, but in the meantime, I’ve copied the recipe text below. Enjoy!
And don’t miss all my other pumpkin recipes on the Pumpkin Recipes page!
Spiced Pumpkin Cookies
We nibbled these cookies until Grandma said, ‘You’ll spoil your appetite.’
Preparation time: 24 minutes
Chilling time: 2 hours
Baking time: 11 minutes
Makes 3 3/4 dozen cookies
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon each baking soda, baking powder and pumpkin pie spice
1/2 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup each granulated sugar and firmly packed light brown sugar
1 (15-ounce) can pumpkin puree
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
6 ounces butterscotch chips
1/4 cup granulated sugar mixed with 1 teaspoon cinnamon
1. Preheat the oven to 375°F.
2. Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice and salt in a medium bowl and mix well.
3. Combine butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar in a large bowl. Beat with an electric mixer set at high speed until light and fluffy. Beat in pumpkin and egg until blended. Beat in flour mixture until smooth. Stir in vanilla extract. Fold in butterscotch chips. Chill the dough, covered, for 2 hours.
4. Drop the dough by heaping teaspoonfuls onto ungreased baking sheets. Dip fingertips into the cinnamon sugar and lightly flatten each cookie, redipping fingertips between each cookie.
5. Bake until firm, about 11 minutes. Cool on baking sheets for 2 minutes. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Store in airtight containers.
Grandma’s Secret Tip
Pumpkin paired with maple and chocolate is an unexpected and unbeatable flavor combination. Sometimes Grandma used an equal amount of chocolate chips or miniature chocolate chips in place of the butterscotch chips. Instead of the cinnamon sugar, she used maple sugar.

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QuestionWhy don't you have any fresh pumpkin recipes? We really need some because we have so many pumpkins! --JuliaMarch 2012
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QuestionWould you please add a chocolate cheese cake? Thanx so much! --MerrianneMarch 2012
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QuestionHow do you cook a 3-pound pork roast? --BarbaraMarch 2012
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I would like to know how to make a Monte Cristo. It's a ham and cheese sandwich, but with other ingredients that I can't remember.
—Yvonne
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QuestionI was so hoping that you would add a cookie recipe? It's one of my all-time favorite cookies in the whole world: the Oatmeal Scotchie ! ! ! I think it would be a great addition to your other recipes. Thank you for such a great bunch of recipes... This website is one of the best sites I have ever - ever found. --Lesa, from Nebraska, USAMarch 2012
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How about a potato salad and a macaroni salad?
—Debbie
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Hi Grandma!
I find it hard to cut brownies into nice bars, and they often stick to the pan. Any suggestions?
—June
May 2012 -
QuestionI would like to make potato salad that stays creamy, like what you buy at the store. Mine are always dry; what can I do to make it good? Thank you. --DotMarch 2012
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QuestionDo you have a recipe for a good traditional Thanksgiving turkey gravy? Thank you. --DeliaMarch 2012
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QuestionI prefer an easy pound cake. I've tried several different ones, but have not got it right yet. --PatMarch 2012






What Others Have To Say
I have heard of making pumpkin cookies with spice cake mix, canned pumpkin and chocolate chips. I think you set the oven at 350 and cook them for about 10 to 12 minutes.